Australia
Rain frustrates England at Lord's (AFP)
AFP - Rain continued to frustrate England's attempt to build a first innings lead in the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's here Saturday.
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100 people brawl in western Sydney: police
Sydney police said they were at the scene of a major brawl in the inner western suburb of Lidcombe around 10:30pm (AEST).
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Dog abuser caught in Adelaide
A South Australian man on the run for neglecting dogs has been caught in a city backpackers hostel in Adelaide.
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Man stabs three at Sydney wedding: police
Police have arrested a man over a stabbing at a wedding in Sydney's south-west.
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Australia provides 462 mln USD aid for Indonesia
Australia has agreed to provide 462 million U.S. dollars to help Indonesia develop its infrastructure, education, health and good governance, local daily Bisnis Indonesia reported Saturday.
The assistance is in the forms of 336-mill ...
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Australia under scrutiny from UN on torture stance
The United Nations Committee Against Torture has criticised Australia for not having a specific offence of torture.
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Mokbel to face court on Tuesday
Former fugitive Tony Mokbel is back in Australia, and will face court next week on murder and drugs charges.
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Australian fugitive returns to Melbourne amid tight security (AFP)
AFP - Australia's most wanted fugitive landed in Melbourne on a flight from Greece amid tight security on Saturday, more than two years after fleeing his homeland.
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Australians to lose out under migration labour plan: Nelson
Federal Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson says the Government's plan to plug the labour shortage with an increase in migration will put Australians out of work.
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Australia's "Fat Tony" flies home to 12 years jail (Reuters)
Reuters - Like an episode from the hit mafia TV
series the Sopranos, Australian mobster "Fat Tony" has finally
been extradited from Greece to serve his 12 year jail sentence
for cocaine trafficking in Melbourne.
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Australian defence force to cull kangaroos: official (AFP)
AFP - Hundreds of kangaroos will be culled at a former naval site near the Australian capital after the defence department said plans to relocate the animals fell through.
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Quake hits East Coast
An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale rattled New Zealand's east coast this afternoon.
The quake, centred 420km north-east of Te Araroa, was at a depth of 210km and struck at 2.23pm, GNS Science said today.
It was...
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'Stop wrapping Kiwi kids in cotton wool'
Sport and Recreation New Zealand agrees the 'cotton wooling' of children by worried parents has gone too far.
SPARC says we are worrying too much about the safety of our children, and not letting them enjoy their childhood.
SPARC...
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Mission Australia admits to hiccups with NT youth services
Mission Australia has admitted it has had problems delivering youth services in central Australia.
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Analysis reveals Queenslanders' top spots
Analysis by the Real Estate Institute of Queensland has revealed the most popular spots for Queenslanders to move to within the state.
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19yo caught with cocaine in Argentinian footy gear
A 19-year-old man is expected to appear in court later today charged with trying to import cocaine into Australia concealed in sporting memorabilia.
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$100k reward offered over Faroughi murder
The New South Wales Government is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest over the murder of a Sydney man two years ago.
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'New type of health worker' needed for health crisis
A medical conference in Canberra has been told Australia needs to train a new type of health worker to ease the shortage of medical professionals.
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Ninth house raided in Sydney drug busts
Sydney police have raided another house in the city's south-west as part of an anti-drug operation.
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Crash blocks Wellington tunnel
Wellington Police and ambulance are at the scene of a crash between two cars and a motorbike in the Terrace Tunnel.
The tunnel is currently blocked both ways and police advise taking an alternative route.
- NZPA
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Car hits truck after police chase
The Queensland Police Ethical Standards Unit is investigating a serious crash at Morningside on Brisbane's east side.
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Catholic World Youth Day cross visits Port Arthur
The Catholic World Youth Day cross continues to make its way around Tasmania.
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SA Dambusters honoured in Adelaide
South Australians who served on WWII Dambusters raid honoured in Adelaide.
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Wrongly detained fishermen to return to Indonesia
Dozens of Indonesian fishermen who were wrongly detained by Australian authorities are scheduled to fly home to Indonesia today.
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Jet nearly hits workers at Perth airport
Probe launched after Indonesian jet almost hits workers at Perth Airport.
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Man seriously hurt after crash with log truck
Driver in hospital after head-on collision between his car and a log truck in Tasmania's south.
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Man saved from Brunswick house fire
A man had to be dragged from a burning house at Brunswick East in Victoria overnight.
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Mac's Brewery to close
Mac's Brewery in Stoke, the small beer maker which sparked a craft brewing revolution is to close at the end of May.
Production will be transferred to parent company Lion Nathan's plants in Christchurch and Wellington.
Terry...
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Blitz shows drink driving down
Police say results from a blitz in Wellington overnight make them hopeful the drink drive message is finally getting through.
More than 1500 vehicles were stopped and nine drivers will face drink drive charges.
Police said 16...
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Cancer patients unaware of counselling services: study
The Queensland Cancer Council says the State Government needs to do more to make cancer patients more aware of the counselling services that are available.
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Age not to blame for fading memories
If "senior moments" are becoming more frequent, you can no longer blame seniority.
The well-worn assumption that memory loss and old age go hand in hand has been proven wrong by a team of Australian researchers.
The Melbourne...
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$4m system guides pilots through fog
A multimillion-dollar airport guidance system allowing planes to land in fog got its first workout yesterday when a pea-souper descended on Auckland International Airport.
Heavy fog saw dozens of flights in and out of Auckland...
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Raped women want friends to discuss trauma directly
Rape victims often want people to openly acknowledge what has happened to them, says a Victoria University criminologist who has interviewed 15 women attacked by the same man.
Dr Jan Jordan has written a book, Serial Survivors:...
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'Fastest Indian' goes under water
A Wellington man has taken the New Zealand tradition of guys mucking around in their backyard sheds to new extremes by building what is possibly the country's first home-made two-man submarine.
In what could be the underwater version...
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Olympic effort for big move ... and don't forget the rice
In just a few days a 12-metre container, full of gear, will be loaded aboard a boat to China.
Inside it will be stowed all the equipment required to help the New Zealand team realise its Olympic dreams.
Everything from printers...
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